JP6271789B1 - Purchase control device, purchase control method, and purchase control program - Google Patents

Abstract

An object of the present invention is to realize a purchase in accordance with the convenience of a purchaser. A purchase control apparatus according to the present application includes a determination unit and a presentation unit. The decision unit is a candidate store where the user wants to purchase the desired purchase item from the candidate stores that are candidates for the purchase of the product, depending on the acceptance status of the product at the candidate store. A certain target store is determined. The presenting unit presents the target store determined by the determining unit to the user. [Selection] Figure 7

Description

  Embodiments described herein relate generally to a purchase control device, a purchase control method, and a purchase control program.

  In the past, with the rapid spread of the Internet, a request for purchase was made to a predetermined purchaser on the website, and then the purchaser was assessed for purchase by delivering the property to the purchaser. Home delivery purchase service is spreading.

  For example, Patent Literature 1 discloses a technology that enables an efficient search for a thrift shop on the side selling second-hand goods, and an efficient customer collection on the thrift shop side.

JP 2002-222331 A

  However, in the above-described conventional technology, it is not always possible to realize the purchase according to the convenience of the purchaser. For example, in the above prior art, shop information including purchase conditions for a recycling shop is registered in the system in advance, and a recycling shop that matches the sales conditions and purchase conditions each time a seller requests to sell a product. Search for. In the conventional technique, the shop information of the searched recycle shop is provided to the requesting seller, and the sale request is provided to the searched recycle shop.

  Although the above-described conventional technology can satisfy the needs of the seller in purchasing and can efficiently attract customers to the recycle shop, it does not necessarily realize the purchase according to the convenience of the buyer. It is not always possible.

  The present application has been made in view of the above, and an object of the present invention is to provide a purchase control device capable of realizing purchase according to the convenience of the purchaser.

  The purchase control device according to the present application purchases a purchase desired product that a user desires to purchase from among candidate stores that are candidates for purchase of the product, according to the acceptance status of the product at the candidate store. It has a determination part which determines the target store which is an object store to be made, and a presentation part which presents the target store determined by the determination part to the user.

  According to one aspect of the embodiment, there is an effect that it is possible to realize purchase according to the convenience of the purchaser.

FIG. 1 is a diagram illustrating an example of a determination process according to the first embodiment. FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating a configuration example of the purchase system according to the first embodiment. FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating a configuration example of the management apparatus according to the first embodiment. FIG. 4 is a diagram illustrating an example of an acceptance information storage unit according to the first embodiment. FIG. 5 is a diagram illustrating an example of the personal identification information storage unit according to the first embodiment. FIG. 6 is a diagram illustrating an example of the purchase information storage unit according to the first embodiment. FIG. 7 is a diagram illustrating a configuration example of the purchase control apparatus according to the first embodiment. FIG. 8 is a diagram showing an example of a purchase application form. FIG. 9 is a flowchart showing an overall flow of determination processing by the purchase control apparatus according to the first embodiment. FIG. 10 is a flowchart illustrating a detailed flow of the determination process by the purchase control device according to the first embodiment. FIG. 11 is a diagram illustrating an example of a determination process according to the second embodiment. FIG. 12 is a diagram illustrating a configuration example of a management apparatus according to the second embodiment. FIG. 13 is a diagram illustrating an example of an acceptance information storage unit according to the second embodiment. FIG. 14 is a diagram illustrating a configuration example of the purchase control device according to the second embodiment. FIG. 15 is a diagram showing an example of a purchase application form. FIG. 16 is a hardware configuration diagram illustrating an example of a computer that realizes the function of the purchase control apparatus.

  Hereinafter, modes for carrying out a purchase control device, a purchase control method, and a purchase control program according to the present application (hereinafter referred to as “embodiments”) will be described with reference to the drawings. Note that the purchase control device, the purchase control method, and the purchase control program according to the present application are not limited by this embodiment. Moreover, in the following embodiment, the same code | symbol is attached | subjected to the same site | part and the overlapping description is abbreviate | omitted.

(First embodiment)
[1. Decision process)
An example of the determination process according to the first embodiment will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 1 is a diagram illustrating an example of a determination process according to the first embodiment. The determination process according to the first embodiment is performed by the purchase control apparatus 100 shown in FIG. In addition, the determination process according to the first embodiment is for determining which store among predetermined stores to purchase for a product sent from a user who wishes to purchase.

First, the configuration of the purchase system 1 according to the first embodiment will be described. In the example of FIG. 1, purchase system 1 includes a user terminal 10, the store terminal 30 _1, the shop terminal 30 _2, the store terminal 30 _3, the shop terminal 30 _4, a management device 50, purchase control device 100 Including. The user terminal 10, the store terminal 30 ₁ , the store terminal 30 ₂ , the store terminal 30 ₃ , the store terminal 30 ₄ , the management device 50, and the purchase control device 100 are connected to be communicable by wire or wireless via a network. The purchase system 1 shown in FIG. 1 may include a plurality of management devices 50 and a plurality of purchase control devices 100.

  The user terminal 10 is a terminal device of a user who wants to purchase a possessed item using the purchase system 1, that is, the purchase system 1. The user terminal 10 is, for example, a smartphone, a tablet terminal, a notebook PC (Personal Computer), a desktop PC, a mobile phone, a PDA (Personal Digital Assistant), or the like.

  For example, the user operates the user terminal 10 to make a purchase application with respect to a purchase control apparatus 100 described later when there is a possession item desired to be purchased (hereinafter referred to as “a purchase desired product”). Do. In other words, the user terminal 10 makes a purchase application by transmitting various information necessary for a purchase application (hereinafter referred to as “application information”) to the purchase control apparatus 100 in accordance with a user instruction.

  Next, the relationship between the stores included in the purchase system 1 will be described. First, in the example of FIG. 1, the corporate company X develops a purchase store that makes purchases under the name “purchase shop XX”. More specifically, the corporate company X directly operates a purchase store that purchases in the name of “purchase shop XX”, and also develops a so-called franchise store in which a part of the store is operated by another corporation. ing.

  Here, in the example of FIG. 1, the purchase system 1 includes stores SH1, SH2, SH3 and a store FC4 that perform purchase. Among these, the stores SH1 to SH3 are directly managed stores that are directly managed by the corporate company X. On the other hand, the store FC4 is a franchise store managed by a corporation that is a corporation different from the corporate corporation X and that is a member of the corporate corporation X. For this reason, the stores SH1 to SH3 and the store FC4 have the same store name in “purchase shop XX”.

  In addition, the stores SH1 to SH3 and the store FC4 use the “buy-in purchase service” for making an assessment on the spot for the products brought directly into the store by the user who desires the purchase, or the use for which the purchase is desired. At least one of “home delivery purchase service” that sequentially assesses the products sent from the person to the store by home delivery is introduced.

  In addition, in the stores SH1 to SH3 and the store FC4, products that can be purchased, that is, products (handling products) that are purchase targets are different. For example, a purchase target is defined as a category for each store. For example, in the store SH1, when the category “brand product” is determined as an object to be purchased, the store SH1 stores products belonging to the category “brand product” (for example, bags, clothing, shoes, accessories, etc. of famous brands). It means that you can buy it. On the other hand, there are stores where the category “brand product” is not defined as a purchase target.

  In addition, what kind of service each store is buying ("Buy-in purchase service" or "Home delivery purchase service") and what kind of products are handled as purchase targets, for example, Determined by the store owner.

Also, the store terminal 30 ₁ is a terminal device used by the store SH1, the store terminal 30 ₂ is a terminal device used by the store SH2, the shop terminal 30 ₃ is a terminal device used by the store SH3, store terminal 30 ₄ is a terminal device used by the store FC4. Taking the shop terminal 30 ₁ as an example, the shop terminal 30 _1, for example, smart phones and, and tablet terminal, and a notebook PC, or a desktop PC, a mobile phone or a PDA. Store terminal ₃₀ 2-30 ₄ is similar. For example, an employee of the store SH1, using the shop terminal 30 ₁ is transmitted to the management apparatus 50 to the receiving status and identification conditions shown below. The management device 50 will be described later.

  Next, problems in the “home delivery purchase service” will be described. In the “Home delivery purchase service”, it is necessary to store the purchase desired product in a predetermined space of the store until the purchase desired product delivered from the user by home delivery is completed and sold at the store. is there. For example, a store that has received a product you wish to purchase will assess the product you wish to purchase, and if the user's consent is obtained for the assessed price, complete the purchase of the product you want to purchase and sell it at your store. Become. In other words, the store must start the assessment and store the desired product for purchase in a predetermined space of the store until the user's consent for the assessed price is obtained after the assessment.

  In this way, in the “home delivery purchase service”, there is a period in which the purchase desired product must be stored, but for example, when the purchase desired product is delivered from a large number of users at once. However, there is a problem that it becomes impossible to secure a physical space for storing some of the desired products for purchase. In addition, as described above, since the handling merchandise varies depending on the store, for example, the delivered purchase desired product may include a product that cannot be assessed.

  Because of the above-mentioned problems, some of the stores have a vacant delivery service that takes into account the current available space for storing the products you want to buy and the store's acceptance status for the products you want to buy, such as handling products. There is a place that wants to carry out.

  Therefore, the purchase control apparatus 100 according to the first embodiment realizes purchase in accordance with the convenience of the purchase store in the home delivery purchase. Specifically, the purchase control device 100 selects a purchase desired product that the user wishes to purchase from among candidate stores that are candidates for a store that purchases the product, according to the acceptance status of the product at the candidate store. A target store that is a target store to be purchased is determined. Then, the purchase control apparatus 100 presents the determined target store to the user as a delivery destination for delivering the purchase desired product. More specifically, the purchase control device 100 allows the target store to purchase the desired product from among the candidate stores according to the acceptance status, the user information regarding the user, and the identity confirmation status for the user. To decide.

  The purchase control device 100 is a server device that is managed by a company that has a joint relationship with the corporate company X in the purchase system 1.

  Moreover, the purchase control apparatus 100 according to the first embodiment uses the following three points as the acceptance status. One is a vacancy situation based on the upper limit number that a candidate store can accept a product for purchase and the number of products that the candidate store has already received. In other words, it is a situation of an empty space such as how many products a candidate store can accept at the present time.

  Further, one is service handling information indicating whether or not a candidate store has introduced a “home delivery purchase service” for purchasing a product sent to its own store by home delivery. In addition, one item indicates product handling information (information on purchase merchandise) indicating whether or not the desired purchase item is handled as a purchase target.

  Even if the item you want to buy is delivered to a store that does not have a “home delivery purchase service”, the store at the delivery destination cannot make a purchase. You will have to give your desired product to other stores. Such an action is troublesome for the store, and the efficiency of the purchase also deteriorates. In addition, even if a purchase desired product that is not a purchase target is delivered, the delivery destination store cannot purchase, and the purchase desired product must be handed over to another store where the purchase is made. Similarly, such an action is troublesome for the store, and the efficiency of the purchase also deteriorates.

  The identity confirmation status is information indicating whether or not the store side has confirmed the identity of the user, that is, the client who has applied for purchase. It is required by law to verify the identity of the client when accepting a purchase application for a store that makes a purchase. For example, the store must verify the identity of the user who requests the store for the first time. Here, in the “Home delivery purchase service”, the user does not bring the desired product directly to the store, so a predetermined contractor visits the user's home and confirms the user's identity instead of the store. become.

  For this reason, the store that received the delivered purchase desired product has a longer period for storing the desired purchase product in a predetermined space for the period until the identity verification is completed. The purchase control apparatus 100 is used by a store where the identity of the user who has applied for purchase has been confirmed, that is, by a user who has ever made such purchase, rather than making such a store perform purchase. It is possible to efficiently secure an empty space in each store by making a purchase at a certain store. For this reason, the purchase control apparatus 100 performs a determination process that also considers the identity verification status.

  Moreover, the user information regarding a user is a user's address, for example. In the “home delivery purchase service”, the store bears the delivery fee, so the store wants to reduce the delivery fee as much as possible. Therefore, the purchase control apparatus 100 can reduce the burden of the delivery fee by, for example, making a purchase at a store located closer to the user's address. For this reason, the purchase control apparatus 100 performs a determination process in consideration of user information (user address).

  Next, pre-processing for performing the determination process according to the embodiment will be described. Such preprocessing is performed by the management apparatus 50 shown in FIG. In the example of FIG. 1, the management device 50 is a server device to which the corporate company X belongs, and is a server device that centrally manages information related to the store where the purchase is made.

  In the example of FIG. 1, the management device 50 updates the information stored in the storage unit in its own device in real time by accepting the acceptance status and the identity confirmation status from the stores SH1 to SH3 and the store FC4 as needed. As shown in FIG. 1, the management device 50 stores an acceptance information storage unit 53 that stores information (acceptance information) regarding the acceptance status of each store, and an individual who stores information (identity confirmation information) about the identity verification status of each store. And a confirmation information storage unit 54. Therefore, the management device 50 stores the received information in the acceptance information storage unit 53 or the identity verification information storage unit 54 every time it accepts the acceptance status or the identity verification status from the stores SH1 to SH3 or the store FC4. Update content in real time.

  The acceptance information storage unit 53 has items such as “store ID”, “handled merchandise”, “home delivery”, “current number (box) / upper limit number (box)”, “empty status”, and “location”. “Store ID” indicates identification information for identifying a store. “Handling merchandise” is one of acceptance statuses, and is information indicating whether or not a commodity desired to be purchased is handled as a purchase target. “Handling merchandise” corresponds to merchandise handling information. In the example of FIG. 1, “handling merchandise” is divided into categories such as “book”, “music / game”, “home appliance”, “brand product”, and “furniture”. In other words, in the example of FIG. 1, the store SH1 currently has a product belonging to the category “book”, a product belonging to the category “music / game”, a product belonging to the category “home appliance”, a product belonging to the category “brand product”, The example which can purchase the goods which belong to a category "furniture" is shown.

  “Home delivery” is one of the acceptance situations, and is information indicating whether or not the “home delivery purchase service” described so far has been introduced. “Home delivery” corresponds to service handling information. That is, in the example of FIG. 1, the store SH <b> 1 shows an example in which the “home delivery purchase service” has been introduced at the present time.

  “Current number (boxes) / upper limit (boxes)” is one of the acceptance statuses. It is a storage space that stores have, and stores the desired items that are delivered from users in cardboard boxes. The maximum number (boxes), which is the maximum number of cardboard boxes in the storage space that can be purchased, and the number of cardboards already accepted (already stored at this time) And the current number (box). For example, the number obtained by subtracting the “current number (box)” from the “upper limit number (box)” corresponds to the “empty status” indicating the status where the product can be accepted at the present time.

  In other words, in the example of FIG. 1, a maximum of “100 boxes” cardboard boxes can be placed in the storage space of the store SH1, and “99 boxes” cardboard boxes are currently stored in the storage space. An example is shown. “Location” indicates the address where the store is located.

  The identity verification information storage unit 54 has items such as “store ID” and “identified user”. “Store” indicates identification information for identifying a store. The “identified user” indicates a user who has been verified. That is, in the example of FIG. 1, the store SH1 shows an example in which the identity of the users U1, U2, and U3 has been confirmed. In other words, the users U1, U2, and U3 indicate that they have purchased products at the store SH1 so far.

  Now, the pre-processing has been described. In the following, an example of determination processing performed by the purchase control apparatus 100 will be described with a clear flow of processing. In the following example, a user who requests purchase is described as a user U1.

  First, the user U1 makes a purchase application to the purchase control apparatus 100 (step S1). For example, the user U1 inputs information (application information) necessary for the purchase application into a predetermined purchase application form provided by the purchase control apparatus 100.

  For example, the user terminal 10 makes a purchase application by transmitting the application information input by the user U1 to the purchase control apparatus 100. In the example of FIG. 1, the application information includes, for example, various personal information (address, name, age, account information, etc.) of the user U1. In addition, the application information includes a category to which the user U1 wants to purchase a product (may be the name of the product desired to be purchased, a product number, etc.) and the number of cardboard boxes in which the product desired to be purchased can be packed. In the example of FIG. 1, the user U1 designates “book” as the category of the desired purchase item and designates the number of boxes “5”.

Next, although not shown, the purchase control apparatus 100 transmits application information received as a purchase application from the user U1 to the management apparatus 50. The management device 50 stores the application information received from the purchase control device 100 in a predetermined storage unit. Accordingly, all of the stores SH1 to SH3, the store FC4, and the purchase management center managed by the corporate company X can recognize that the purchase application has been made by the user U1, and the user U1. It becomes possible to browse application information. For example, an employee of the store SH1, using the shop terminal 30 _1, by accessing the management device 50 can view the item of the user U1.

  Further, when receiving the application information from the user U1 (step S2), the purchase control apparatus 100 performs a determination process for determining a store to which the user U1 is to deliver the purchase desired product (step S3). The determination process will be described in more detail. In the example of FIG. 1, stores SH1 to SH3 and FC4 are store candidates (candidate stores) that purchase products desired to be purchased by the user U1.

  First, the purchase control apparatus 100 refers to the acceptance information storage unit 53, and extracts stores that have introduced the “home delivery purchase service” from the stores SH1 to SH3 and FC4. In the example of FIG. 1, the purchase control apparatus 100 extracts stores SH1, SH2, and FC4.

  Next, the purchase control apparatus 100 performs a process for preferentially determining a store where the identity of the user U1 has been confirmed as a delivery destination. Specifically, the purchase control apparatus 100 refers to the identity verification information storage unit 54, and when there is a store where the identity of the user U1 has been completed in the stores SH1, SH2, and FC4 extracted earlier. Extracts the store, and if it does not exist, stores SH1, SH2, and FC4 are maintained as candidate stores. In the identity verification information storage unit 54 shown in FIG. 1, the user U1 is associated with any of the stores SH1, SH2, and FC4. Therefore, the purchase control apparatus 100 determines that the identity of the user U1 has been confirmed in all of the stores SH1, SH2, and FC4 extracted previously.

  Next, the purchase control apparatus 100 refers to the acceptance information storage unit 53 and allows the number of cardboard boxes “5 boxes” whose availability is designated by the user U1 from the stores SH1, SH2, and FC4. The store that is doing is extracted. As described above, the empty status corresponds to the number obtained by subtracting the “current number (box)” from the “upper limit number (box)”. That is, in the example of FIG. 1, the availability status of the store SH1 is “1 box”, the availability status of the store SH2 is “20 boxes”, and the availability status of the store FC4 is “30 boxes”. For this reason, in such an example, the purchase control apparatus 100 extracts stores SH2 and FC4 that indicate a vacant state larger than the number of boxes “5” from the stores SH1, SH2, and FC4. The store SH1 has an empty status “1 box” and is smaller than the number of boxes “5 boxes”, and therefore cannot accept all “5 boxes”. Therefore, the purchase control apparatus 100 excludes the store SH1 from the candidate stores.

  Next, the purchase control apparatus 100 refers to the acceptance information storage unit 53, and extracts stores that handle the products that the user U1 wishes to purchase from the stores SH2 and FC4 remaining as candidate stores. . Since the user U1 desires to purchase a product belonging to the category “book”, the purchase control apparatus 100 adds “O” to the category “book” as a handling product from the stores SH2 and FC4. The stores that are located. In the example of FIG. 1, the purchase control apparatus 100 determines that both the stores SH2 and FC4 are the stores that handle the products desired by the user U1 as purchase targets, and maintains the stores SH2 and FC4 as candidate stores.

  Finally, the purchase control apparatus 100 extracts a store located at a position closer to the user's address among the stores SH2 and FC4. For example, if the address of the user U1 is “A2 city, Kanagawa prefecture”, the purchase control apparatus 100 extracts a store SH2 having the same location as “A2 city, Kanagawa prefecture”. Then, the purchase control apparatus 100 determines the store SH2 as a target store that allows the user U1 to purchase the desired product for purchase.

  Then, the purchase control device 100 presents the store SH2 to the user as a delivery destination for delivering the purchase desired product (step S4). For example, the purchase control device 100 may deliver a message indicating that the delivery destination is determined to the store SH2 to the user terminal 10 or display it on a predetermined web page.

  In the above example, whether or not the purchase control device 100 has introduced the “home delivery purchase service”, whether or not the identity confirmation has been completed, and whether or not the availability allows the number of items desired to be purchased. Deciding to narrow down the target stores from candidate stores by making step-by-step judgments such as whether or not the products you want to purchase are handled as purchase targets, and which stores are closer to the user's address An example of processing is shown. However, if the purchase control apparatus 100 can narrow down to one store at any stage, the purchase control device 100 may determine that store as a purchase target.

  Now, as explained so far, the purchase control apparatus 100 according to the first embodiment determines whether or not the candidate store is in accordance with the acceptance status, the user information regarding the user, and the identity verification status with respect to the user. To determine the target store from which to purchase the desired product. Thereby, the purchase control apparatus 100 concerning 1st Embodiment can implement | achieve the purchase according to the convenience of the purchase store side in home delivery purchase.

[2. System configuration
Next, the configuration of the purchase system according to the first embodiment will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating a configuration example of the purchase system 1 according to the first embodiment. As shown in FIG. 2, purchase system 1 includes a user terminal 10, the store terminal 30 _1, the shop terminal 30 _2, the store terminal 30 _3, the shop terminal 30 _4, a management device 50, purchase control device 100. The user terminal 10, the store terminal 30 ₁ , the store terminal 30 ₂ , the store terminal 30 ₃ , the store terminal 30 ₄ , the management device 50, and the purchase control device 100 are connected via the network N so as to be communicable by wire or wirelessly. .

  The stores SH1 to SH3 are directly managed stores that are directly operated by the corporate company X. The store FC4 is a store operated by a company that joins the corporate company X. That is, the store FC4 is a franchise store developed by the corporate company X. The franchise store may be operated by a corporation or may be operated by an individual business owner.

Moreover, the purchase system 1 shown in FIG. 2 is an example, and the number of directly managed stores and franchise stores included in the purchase system 1 is not limited. In the following embodiments, the store terminal 30 _1, the shop terminal 30 _2, the store terminal 30 _3, when there is no need to distinguish them from the store terminal 30 ₄ is a shop terminal 30 are collectively these notation To do.

[3. Configuration of management device
Next, the management apparatus 50 according to the first embodiment will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating a configuration example of the management device 50 according to the first embodiment. The management device 50 is a server device that centrally manages information related to a store that performs purchase. In the example of FIG. 1, the management device 50 is a server device belonging to the corporate company X, and centrally manages information on stores SH1 to SH3 and FC4 that are purchase stores that perform purchase. In addition, the management device 50 manages purchase information including application information input due to a use difference at the time of purchase application, and an appraisal price for a desired product to be purchased. As illustrated in FIG. 3, the management device 50 includes a communication unit 51, a storage unit 52, and a control unit 56.

(About the communication unit 51)
The communication unit 51 is realized by, for example, a NIC (Network Interface Card). The communication unit 51 is connected to the network N by wire or wirelessly, and transmits and receives information to and from the user terminal 10, the store terminal 30, and the purchase control device 100, for example.

(About the storage unit 52)
The storage unit 52 is realized by, for example, a semiconductor memory device such as a RAM (Random Access Memory) or a flash memory, or a storage device such as a hard disk or an optical disk. The storage unit 52 includes an acceptance information storage unit 53, an identity confirmation information storage unit 54, and a purchase information storage unit 55.

(Accepting information storage unit 53)
The acceptance information storage unit 53 is a storage unit that stores information (acceptance information) related to the acceptance status of each store that performs purchase. Here, FIG. 4 shows an example of the acceptance information storage unit 53 according to the first embodiment. In the example of FIG. 4, the reception information storage unit 53 includes “store ID”, “handled merchandise”, “home delivery”, “current number (box) / upper limit number (box)”, “empty status”, “location”. It has items such as.

  “Store ID” indicates identification information for identifying a store. “Handling merchandise” is one of acceptance statuses, and is information indicating whether or not a commodity desired to be purchased is handled as a purchase target. “Handling merchandise” corresponds to merchandise handling information. In the example of FIG. 4, “handling merchandise” is divided into categories such as “book”, “music / game”, “home appliance”, “brand product”, and “furniture”. That is, in the example of FIG. 4, the store SH1 currently has a product belonging to the category “book”, a product belonging to the category “music / game”, a product belonging to the category “home appliance”, a product belonging to the category “brand product”, The example which can purchase the goods which belong to a category "furniture" is shown.

  “Home delivery” is one of the acceptance situations, and is information indicating whether or not the “home delivery purchase service” described in FIG. 1 is introduced. “Home delivery” corresponds to service handling information. That is, in the example of FIG. 4, the store SH <b> 1 shows an example in which “home delivery purchase service” has already been introduced at the present time.

  “Current number (boxes) / upper limit (boxes)” is one of the acceptance statuses. It is a storage space that stores have, and stores the desired items that are delivered from users in cardboard boxes. The maximum number (boxes) that is the maximum number of such cardboard boxes that can be placed in the storage space, and the current number of cardboard boxes already accepted (already stored at this time) ( Box).

  “Availability” is a number obtained by subtracting “current number (box)” from “upper limit (box)”, and indicates a state in which a product can be accepted at the present time. That is, in the example of FIG. 4, a maximum of “100 boxes” cardboard boxes can be stored in the storage space of the store SH1, and “99 boxes” cardboard boxes are currently stored in the storage space. An example is shown. In addition, an example is shown in which “empty status (box)” of the store SH1 is “1 box”. In addition, the ratio of the “current number (box)” to the “upper limit number (box)” may be the vacant status. “Location” indicates the address where the store is located.

(About the identity verification information storage unit 54)
The identity verification information storage unit 54 is a storage unit that stores an identity verification status indicating whether or not the identity verification has been completed. For example, the personal identification information storage unit 54 stores, for each store, a user who has been verified. Here, FIG. 5 shows an example of the personal identification information storage unit 54 according to the first embodiment. In the example of FIG. 5, the personal identification information storage unit 54 has items such as “store ID” and “identified user”.

  “Store ID” indicates identification information for identifying a store. The “identified user” indicates a user who has been verified. That is, in the example of FIG. 5, the store SH1 shows an example in which the identity of the users U1, U2, and U3 has been confirmed.

  Each store (the employee) transmits the acceptance status and the identity confirmation status to the management device 50 using the store terminal 30 of the store at an arbitrary timing. Therefore, the management device 50 updates the storage information in the reception information storage unit 53 and the personal identification information storage unit 54 every time the reception status and the personal identification status are received from the store. Therefore, in the example of FIG. 4, it is assumed that the store SH2 that has not purchased a product belonging to the category “brand product” at the present time has started to purchase such a product, and has transmitted that fact to the management device 50. . In such a case, the management device 50 updates “X” associated with the “brand product” of the store ID “SH2” to “◯”. Further, in the example of FIG. 4, it is assumed that the store SH3 that has not introduced the “home delivery purchase service” at the present time transmits the fact to the management apparatus 50 when the “home delivery purchase service” is started. In such a case, the management device 50 updates “X” associated with “delivery” of the store ID “SH3” to “◯”.

(About the purchase information storage unit 55)
The purchase information storage unit 55 is a storage unit that stores information related to the assessment result of the assessment of the user's desired purchase item. For example, the purchase information storage unit 55 stores an appraisal price for a user's desired purchase product. Here, FIG. 6 shows an example of the purchase information storage unit 55 according to the first embodiment. In the example of FIG. 6, the purchase information storage unit 55 has items such as “user ID”, “purchase desired product”, “delivery destination store ID”, “assessment price (yen)”, and “purchase designation”.

  “User ID” indicates identification information for identifying a user. The “user ID” is, for example, a login ID that is valid between the user and the company Z when the user performs membership registration with the company Z. For example, acceptance of member registration and setting of a login ID may be performed by the purchase control device 100. The “delivery destination store ID” indicates identification information for identifying a store that is determined as a delivery destination of a corresponding user's desired purchase item. In other words, the “delivery destination store ID” indicates identification information for identifying the target store that is determined to purchase the product desired by the corresponding user.

  “Purchase desired product” indicates information capable of specifying the desired product for purchase. “Purchase desired product” is the name, product number, etc. of the desired product to purchase. The “assessment price (yen)” indicates an appraisal price (purchase price) calculated by an appraisal by a store determined as a delivery destination of the corresponding “desired purchase item”. “Purchase designation” indicates whether or not the user who has confirmed the appraisal price has agreed to purchase the desired product at the appraisal price.

  That is, the example of FIG. 6 shows an example in which the store SH2 is determined as the delivery destination of the user U1 purchase desired product by the purchase control apparatus 100, and the store SH2 evaluates the user U1 purchase desired product. , “Comic CO1” shows an example in which the assessed price “300 yen” is calculated. In addition, an example is shown in which “O” is entered in “Purchase designation” because the user U1 has agreed to sell “Comic CO1” at the assessed price “300 yen”.

  For example, the management device 50 stores the appraisal price transmitted from the store SH2 using the store terminal 30 in the purchase information storage unit 55. Further, the user U1 can browse the appraisal price for the desired purchase item acquired from the management device 50 by the purchase control device 100 by logging in to the purchase control device 100 using the user ID. . Therefore, the purchase control apparatus 100 accepts consent information indicating whether or not to agree with the assessed price for each purchase desired product from the user U1, and transmits the accepted consent information to the management apparatus 50. Based on the consent information, the management device 50 inputs “◯” in the “purchase designation” corresponding to the purchase desired product agreed to the assessed price. On the other hand, based on the consent information, the management device 50 inputs “x” to the “purchase designation” corresponding to the purchase desired product that has not agreed to the assessed price.

(About the control unit 56)
Returning to FIG. 3, the control unit 56 executes various programs stored in a storage device inside the management device 50 by using a RAM as a work area by a CPU (Central Processing Unit), an MPU (Micro Processing Unit), or the like. It is realized by. The control unit 56 is realized by an integrated circuit such as an application specific integrated circuit (ASIC) or a field programmable gate array (FPGA).

  As illustrated in FIG. 3, the control unit 56 includes a reception unit 57, an update unit 58, and a management unit 59, and implements or executes information processing functions and operations described below. The internal configuration of the control unit 56 is not limited to the configuration illustrated in FIG. 3, and may be another configuration as long as the information processing described later is performed. In addition, the connection relationship between the processing units included in the control unit 56 is not limited to the connection relationship illustrated in FIG. 3, and may be another connection relationship.

  Although not shown, the management device 50 may further include a storage unit that stores application information input by the user for purchase application.

(About the receiving unit 57 and the updating unit 58)
The receiving unit 57 receives information indicating the acceptance status and the identity verification status from the store terminal 30. The update unit 58 updates the stored information in the acceptance information storage unit 53 and the personal identification information storage unit 54 based on the information received by the reception unit 57. For example, the receiving unit 57, from the shop terminal 30 ₂ of the store SH2, and has received information to the effect that began the purchase of goods that belong to the category "brand". In such a case, the updating unit 57 updates “x” associated with the “brand product” of the store ID “SH2” to “◯” in the acceptance information storage unit 53.

(About manager 59)
The management unit 59 manages each piece of information regarding purchase. For example, the management unit 59 receives purchase information including an appraisal price and the like for the desired purchase item from the store terminal 30 and stores the received purchase information in the purchase information storage unit 55. Further, the management unit 59 receives the consent information from the purchase control apparatus 100, and updates the storage content (“purchase designation”) of the purchase information storage unit 55 based on the received consent information.

[4. Configuration of purchase control device)
Next, the purchase control apparatus 100 according to the first embodiment will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 7 is a diagram illustrating a configuration example of the purchase control apparatus 100 according to the first embodiment. The purchase control apparatus 100 is a server apparatus that performs the determination process described with reference to FIG. As illustrated in FIG. 7, the purchase control device 100 includes a communication unit 110, a storage unit 120, and a control unit 130.

(About the communication unit 110)
The communication unit 110 is realized by a NIC or the like, for example. The communication unit 110 is connected to the network N by wire or wirelessly, and transmits / receives information to / from the user terminal 10, the store terminal 30, and the management device 50, for example.

(About the storage unit 120)
The storage unit 120 is realized by, for example, a semiconductor memory device such as a RAM or a flash memory, or a storage device such as a hard disk or an optical disk. The storage unit 120 includes an acceptance information storage unit 121 and an identity verification information storage unit 122.

(About the acceptance information storage unit 121 and the identity confirmation information storage unit 122)
The acceptance information storage unit 121 corresponds to the acceptance information storage unit 53. The identity verification information storage unit 122 corresponds to the identity verification information storage unit 54. For this reason, explanation of acceptance information storage part 121 and identity verification information storage part 122 is omitted. For example, the purchase control device 100 accesses the management device 50 and acquires the storage information in the acceptance information storage unit 53. Then, the purchase control device 100 stores the acquired storage information in the acceptance information storage unit 121. In addition, the purchase control device 100 accesses the management device 50 and acquires the stored information in the identity verification information storage unit 54. Then, the purchase control apparatus 100 stores the acquired storage information in the identity verification information storage unit 122.

(About the control unit 130)
The control unit 130 is realized by a CPU, an MPU, or the like executing various programs stored in a storage device inside the purchase control apparatus 100 using the RAM as a work area. The control unit 130 is realized by an integrated circuit such as an application specific integrated circuit (ASIC) or a field programmable gate array (FPGA).

  As illustrated in FIG. 7, the control unit 130 includes an acquisition unit 131, a reception unit 132, a determination unit 133, and a presentation unit 134, and implements or executes the information processing functions and operations described below. . Note that the internal configuration of the control unit 130 is not limited to the configuration illustrated in FIG. 7, and may be another configuration as long as the information processing described below is performed. Further, the connection relationship between the processing units included in the control unit 130 is not limited to the connection relationship illustrated in FIG. 7, and may be another connection relationship.

(About the acquisition unit 131)
The acquisition unit 131 accesses the management device 50 and acquires various types of information that the management device 50 has. For example, the acquisition unit 131 accesses the management device 50 and acquires the storage information in the acceptance information storage unit 53 and the personal identification information storage unit 54 of the management device 50. For example, the acquisition unit 131 transmits an acquisition request to the management device 50 at a predetermined timing. When receiving the acquisition request, the management unit 59 of the management device 50 extracts the stored information in the acceptance information storage unit 53 and the personal identification information storage unit 54. Then, the management unit 59 transmits the acquired storage information to the acquisition unit 131. In addition, the acquisition unit 131 stores the storage information acquired from the management device 50 in the acceptance information storage unit 121 and the personal identification information storage unit 122.

  The purchase control device 100 does not necessarily need to acquire and store the storage information stored in the acceptance information storage unit 53 and the identity verification information storage unit 54 in the own device. For example, the purchase control device 100 may be configured to refer to the acceptance information storage unit 53 and the identity verification information storage unit 54 when performing the determination process. In such a case, the purchase control device 100 may accept the acceptance process. There is no need to have the information storage unit 121 and the identity verification information storage unit 122.

(About the reception unit 132)
The reception unit 132 receives application information transmitted from the user terminal 10 as a purchase application. For example, the reception unit 132 distributes to the user terminal 10 a purchase application form for inputting application information necessary for making a purchase application in response to a request from the user terminal 10. The user terminal 10 transmits the application information input in the purchase application form to the purchase control apparatus 100 according to the user's operation. The accepting unit 132 accepts application information transmitted from the user terminal 10. That is, the reception unit 132 receives application information from the user terminal 10 via the purchase application form. In addition, the reception unit 132 transmits the received application information to the management device 50. For example, the management unit 59 of the management device 50 receives the application information and stores it in a predetermined storage unit.

  Here, the purchase application form used for the purchase application will be described. FIG. 8 is a diagram showing an example of a purchase application form. The accepting unit 132 accepts application information from the user terminal 10 via the purchase application form P1 shown in FIG. In the example of FIG. 8, the purchase application form P1 is divided into regions R1 to R4. Area | region R1 contains the input column for inputting the category to which a user wishes to purchase goods. The area R2 includes an input field for inputting a desired collection date for bringing the cardboard boxes to be collected, and an input field for inputting the number of cardboard boxes necessary for packing the desired products for purchase.

  The area R3 includes an input field for inputting a bank name, an input field for inputting an account number, and an input field for inputting an account name. The area R4 includes an input field for inputting a name, an input field for inputting a gender, an input field for inputting a date of birth, and an input field for inputting an address.

  Note that the purchase application form P1 shown in FIG. 8 is an example, and the mode of the purchase application form P1 and items requiring input are not limited to the example of FIG. The application form P1 includes a search function for searching for a category to which the product desired to purchase belongs, a search function for searching for the product number of the product desired for purchase, and a reference purchase price (for example, an upper limit of the purchase price) for the product desired for purchase. You may have a search function for searching.

(About the determination unit 133)
The determination unit 133 is a target for causing a user to purchase a purchase desired product that the user desires to purchase, from candidate stores that are candidates for a store that purchases the product, according to the acceptance status of the product at the candidate store. The target store which is a store is determined. Specifically, the determination unit 133 determines a target store to be purchased from the candidate stores according to the acceptance status, the user information about the user, and the identity confirmation status with respect to the user. To do.

  More specifically, the determination unit 133 preferentially determines a store in which the identity confirmation status is completed among the candidate stores as a target store. That is, the determination unit 133 determines whether or not the user has been verified among the candidate stores. Then, when there is a store where the user's identity has been confirmed among the candidate stores, the determination unit 133 selects the target store from among the stores whose identity has been confirmed according to the acceptance status and the user information. decide. On the other hand, when there is no store that has been verified, the determination unit 133 determines a target store from which to purchase the desired product according to the acceptance status and the user information. .

  Moreover, the determination part 133 determines an object store from candidate stores using the following 3 points | pieces as an acceptance condition.

  First, the determination unit 133 is a vacant situation based on information regarding the number of products that can be accepted by the candidate store for purchase and information on the number of products that the candidate store has received at the present time. The target store is determined using the vacancy status indicating the status in which the product can be accepted and information based on the number of products desired to be purchased.

  The information regarding the number of candidate stores that can accept a product for purchase is, for example, the upper limit number that the candidate store can accept a product for purchase. Further, the information regarding the number of products that the candidate store has received at the current time is, for example, the number of products that the candidate store has received at the current time. Therefore, for example, the determination unit 133 purchases a vacancy status based on the upper limit number of candidate stores that can be accepted by the candidate store for purchase and the number of products that the candidate store has received at this time. A store that accepts the number of desired products is determined as the target store.

  Secondly, the service unit information indicating whether or not the decision unit 133 has introduced a purchase service (home delivery purchase service) in which a candidate store purchases a product sent to the store by delivery as a reception status. The target store is determined from the candidate stores. Specifically, the determination unit 133 determines a store introducing the purchase service among the candidate stores as the target store according to the service handling information.

  3rdly, the determination part 133 determines an object store from candidate stores according to the merchandise handling information which shows whether the goods desired to purchase are handled as an object of purchase as an acceptance condition. Specifically, the determination unit 133 determines, as the target store, a store handling the purchase desired product as a purchase target among the candidate stores according to the product handling information.

  Moreover, the determination part 133 determines the said object store from candidate stores based on the user information regarding a user. For example, the determination unit 133 determines a target store from among the candidate stores according to the positional relationship between the user address and the location of the candidate store as the user information. Specifically, the determination unit 133 determines a store located at a position closer to the user's address among the candidate stores as the target store.

  By the way, in this embodiment, the determination unit 133 uses the service handling information, the identity confirmation status, the acceptance status, and the user information in order as the determination processing for determining the target store from the candidate stores, and makes a determination step by step. By going, determination processing for narrowing down target stores from candidate stores is performed. Specifically, the determination unit 133 determines whether or not the “home delivery purchase service” has been introduced, whether or not the identity verification has been completed, and whether or not the vacancy status allows acceptance of the number of items desired to be purchased, A decision process that narrows down the target stores from candidate stores by making a gradual decision, such as whether or not the desired purchase item is handled as a purchase target and which store is closer to the user's address. Do.

  In addition, when the receiving unit 132 receives a purchase application for a desired product, the determining unit 133 starts the determination process. In addition, as illustrated in FIG. 1, the determination unit 133 determines a target store from a directly managed store operated by a predetermined corporation as a candidate store or a member store affiliated to the predetermined corporation. Below, an example of the determination process by the determination part 133 is demonstrated using the example of FIG.

  First, it is assumed that the reception unit 132 receives a purchase application from the user U1. Specifically, it is assumed that the accepting unit 132 accepts the application information input in the purchase application form shown in FIG. 8 from the user terminal 10 of the user U1. At this time, all of the stores SH1 to SH3 and the store FC4 are candidate stores.

  In such a case, first, the determination unit 133 refers to the acceptance information storage unit 121 and determines whether or not there is a store introducing the “home delivery purchase service” in the stores SH1 to 3 and FC4. In the example of FIG. 1 (the same applies to FIG. 4), the determination unit 133 adds “O” to the “delivery” column corresponding to the stores SH1, SH2, and FC4. Therefore, in the stores SH1, SH2, and FC4, It is determined that “home delivery purchase service” has been introduced. And the determination part 133 extracts store SH1, SH2, and FC4. In addition, when there is no store that has introduced the “home delivery purchase service”, the determination unit 133 is a store that is set for emergency response and can handle all the reception situations (hereinafter referred to as “reception service”). (Designated as “auxiliary store”) is determined as the target store.

  Next, the determination unit 133 performs processing for preferentially determining a store where the identity of the user U1 has been confirmed as a delivery destination. Specifically, the determination unit 133 refers to the identity verification information storage unit 122 and determines whether or not there is a store in which the identity of the user U1 has been completed in the stores SH1, SH2, and FC4. In the example of FIG. 1 (the same applies to FIG. 5), the determination unit 133 associates the user ID “U1” with all of the stores SH1, SH2, and FC4, so that the stores SH1, SH2, and FC4 all. It is determined that the identity of user U1 has been verified. For example, if the user ID “U1” is not associated with the store SH1, the determination unit 133 excludes the store SH1 from the candidate stores and does not use it for the following processing.

  Next, the determination unit 133 refers to the acceptance information storage unit 121 and sets the number of cardboard boxes “5 boxes” in which the “empty status” is designated by the user U1 in the stores SH1, SH2, and FC4. It is determined whether there is an allowable store. In other words, the determination unit 133 determines whether or not there is a store in which the number of boxes as “empty status” is greater than the number of cardboard boxes “5 boxes”. In the example of FIG. 1 (also in FIG. 4), the availability status of the store SH1 is “1 box”, the availability status of the store SH2 is “20 boxes”, and the availability status of the store FC4 is “30 boxes”. For this reason, the determination unit 133 determines that the stores SH2 and FC4 allow the number of cardboard boxes “5 boxes”. Then, the determination unit 133 excludes the store SH1 that has the vacancy status “1 box”, is less than the number of boxes “5”, and cannot accept all “5 boxes” from the candidate stores, and stores the candidate stores as stores SH2 and FC4. Refine to. In addition, the determination part 133 determines the said auxiliary | assistant store as an object store, when the shop which "vacant condition" accept | permits the number of boxes "5 boxes" does not exist.

  Next, the determination unit 133 and the reception information storage unit 121 are referred to, and it is determined whether or not there is a store in the stores SH2 and FC4 that deals with the product desired to be purchased by the user U1. The user U1 desires to purchase a product belonging to the category “book”. For this reason, the determination unit 133 refers to the acceptance information storage unit 121, and determines whether or not there is a store in the stores 2 and FC4 in which the category “book” is marked with “O” as a handling product. judge. In the example of FIG. 1 (the same applies to FIG. 4), the determination unit 133 determines that both the stores SH2 and FC4 are stores that are intended for purchase by the user U1 as a purchase target, and stores SH2 and FC4 as candidate stores. Keep as. In addition, the determination part 133 determines the said auxiliary | assistant store as an object store, when the shop which handles the goods desired for purchase as an object for purchase does not exist.

  Finally, the determination unit 133 identifies a store located nearer to the user's address among the stores SH2 and FC4. If the address of the user U1 is “A2 city, Kanagawa prefecture”, the determination unit 133 identifies the store SH2 having the same location as “A2 city, Kanagawa prefecture”. Then, the determination unit 133 determines the store SH2 as a target store that allows the user U1 to purchase the desired product for purchase.

(About the presentation unit 134)
The presenting unit 134 presents the target store determined by the determining unit 133 to the user. Specifically, the presentation unit 134 presents the target store determined by the determination unit 133 to the user as a delivery destination for delivering the purchase desired product. As described above, when the store SH2 is determined as a target store for the user U1 to purchase the desired product for purchase by the user U1, the presenting unit 134 sets the store SH2 as a delivery destination for delivering the desired product for purchase. Present to user U1. For example, the presentation unit 134 may deliver a message to the user terminal 10 of the user U1 that the delivery destination is determined to be the store SH2. The presentation unit 134 may distribute a predetermined web page on which a delivery destination is displayed when a request transmitted from the user terminal 10 is received in response to an instruction from the user U1.

[5. Processing procedure)
Next, the procedure of the determination process executed by the purchase control apparatus 100 according to the first embodiment will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 9 is a flowchart illustrating an overall flow of the determination process performed by the purchase control apparatus 100 according to the first embodiment.

  First, the purchase control apparatus 100 determines whether or not a purchase application requesting purchase of a desired product has been received from a user (step S101). For example, the purchase control apparatus 100 determines that the purchase application has been accepted when the application information input in the purchase application form P1 shown in FIG. 8 is received from the user terminal 10. When it is determined that the purchase application has been accepted (step S101; Yes), the purchase control apparatus 100 performs a determination process for determining a target store to which the user who is the requester is to purchase the desired product for purchase ( Step S102). If a purchase application has not been received (step S101; No), the purchase control apparatus 100 waits until it is received.

  In addition, the purchase control device 100 transmits application information received as a purchase application to the management device 50. At this time, the store side can check what purchase application each user is making by accessing the management device 50. Next, the purchase control apparatus 100 presents the target store determined in step S102 to the user as a delivery destination for delivering the purchase desired product (step S103).

  Further, although not shown, the purchase control apparatus 100 notifies the determined target store that a desired purchase product is sent from the user. Further, the purchase control apparatus 100 instructs the purchase management center to send a cardboard box to the user.

  Next, the procedure of the determination process executed by the purchase control apparatus 100 according to the first embodiment will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 10 is a flowchart illustrating a detailed flow of the determination process performed by the purchase control apparatus 100 according to the first embodiment.

  First, the purchase control apparatus 100 refers to the acceptance information storage unit 121 and determines whether or not there is a store performing a home delivery purchase service among the candidate stores (step S201). When there is a store that performs the home delivery purchase service (step S201; Yes), the purchase control apparatus 100 extracts a store that performs the home delivery purchase service from the candidate stores (step S202). On the other hand, the purchase control apparatus 100 determines an auxiliary store as a target store when there is no store that provides home delivery purchase service (step S201; No) (step S301).

  Next, the purchase control device 100 refers to the identity verification information storage unit 122 and determines whether there is a store whose identity has been confirmed among the candidate stores extracted in step S202 (S203-1). If the purchase control apparatus 100 determines that there is a store whose identity has been confirmed (S203-1; Yes), the purchase control device 100 extracts a store whose identity has been confirmed from the current candidate stores (step S204). On the other hand, if it is determined that there is no store whose identity has been confirmed (S203-1; No), the purchase control apparatus 100 uses the store whose identity has not been confirmed for the processing from step S205 (S203-2).

  Next, the purchase control apparatus 100 refers to the acceptance information storage unit 121, and does the candidate store extracted in step S204 or the candidate store extracted in step S203-2 have a store that satisfies the acceptance condition? It is determined whether or not (step S205). Specifically, the purchase control device 100 refers to the reception information storage unit 121 and determines whether or not there is a store that satisfies the reception condition such as “vacancy”> the number of boxes designated by the user at the time of application. To do. When it is determined that there is a store that satisfies the acceptance condition (S205; Yes), the purchase control device 100 extracts a store that satisfies the acceptance condition from the current candidate stores (step S206). On the other hand, when it is determined that there is no store that satisfies the acceptance condition (S205; No), the purchase control apparatus 100 determines the auxiliary store as the target store (step S301).

  Next, the purchase control apparatus 100 refers to the acceptance information storage unit 121 and determines whether or not there is a store that handles the user's purchase desired product as a purchase target (step S207). If the purchase control device 100 determines that there is a store that handles the purchase desired product as a purchase target (S207; Yes), the store that handles the purchase desired product as a purchase target from the current candidate stores Is extracted (step S208). On the other hand, if the purchase control apparatus 100 determines that there is no store handling the desired product for purchase (S207; No), the purchase control device 100 determines the auxiliary store as the target store (step S301).

  Next, the purchase control apparatus 100 specifies a store located at a position closer to the user's address among the stores extracted in step S208 (step S209). Then, the purchase control device 100 determines the identified store as the target store (step S210). Then, the purchase control device 100 presents the determined target store to the user as a delivery destination for delivering the purchase desired product (step S211). In addition, when the process proceeds to step S301, the purchase control apparatus 100 presents the auxiliary store to the user as a delivery destination for delivering the purchase desired product (step S211).

[6. (Modification)
The purchase control apparatus 100 according to the first embodiment may be implemented in various different forms other than the above embodiment. Therefore, in the following, another embodiment of the purchase control apparatus 100 will be described.

[6-1. About decision processing (1)]
In the first embodiment, the determination unit 133 determines the availability based on the upper limit number that the candidate store can accept a product for purchase and the number of products that the candidate store has received at the present time, An example in which the target store is determined based on the number is shown. Specifically, an example is shown in which the determination unit 133 determines a store whose availability is the number obtained by subtracting the current number (box) from the upper limit number (box) as the target store, which is greater than the number of boxes specified by the user. .

  However, the determination unit 133 determines the target store according to the availability of the number of products that the candidate store has received at the present time with respect to the maximum number of products that the candidate store can accept the product for purchase. May be. For example, the determination unit 133 determines, as candidate stores, stores whose candidate ratios are lower than a predetermined threshold among the candidate stores.

  In this case, in the example of FIG. 4, the purchase control apparatus 100 sets “99%” as the vacancy status corresponding to the store SH1, “71%” as the vacancy status corresponding to the store SH2, and “ “25%” and “25%” are entered as the vacancy status corresponding to the store FC4. Further, it is assumed that a threshold value “90%” is set in advance for the ratio as the vacant state.

  Therefore, in the case of the above example, the determination unit 133 determines that the stores SH2 and FC4 among the stores SH1, SH2, and FC4 that are candidate stores at this time are cardboard boxes whose “vacancy status” is designated by the user U1. It is determined that the store allows the number of boxes “5”, and the process proceeds to the next determination process.

[6-2. About decision processing (2)]
Moreover, the determination part 133 may determine a target store according to the empty situation based on an instruction | indication at the store side. For example, the employee of the candidate store uses the store terminal 30 to manage the management device 50 so that the current store (box) is not determined as the target store at any time when the current number (box) approaches the upper limit (box). To instruct. The determination unit 133 excludes the store instructed in this way from the candidate stores, and performs determination processing for the remaining candidate stores.

[6-3. About decision processing (3)]
In the said 1st Embodiment, the determination part 133 determines in steps, using service handling information, an identity confirmation status, an acceptance status, and user information in order as a determination process which determines an object store from candidate stores. The example which performs the determination process which narrows down a target store from a candidate store by performing is shown. However, the determination unit 133 does not necessarily have to perform the determination process in this order. For example, the determination unit 133 first specifies a plurality of stores located nearer to the user's address from the candidate stores. Then, the determination unit 133 may narrow down the target stores from the candidate stores by sequentially determining the identified stores using the service handling information, the identity confirmation status, and the acceptance status.

[6-4. About decision processing (4)]
Further, the determination unit 133 may determine the target store using any one of the service handling information, the identity confirmation status, the acceptance status, and the user information. Specifically, the determination unit 133 selects, from among the candidate stores that are candidates for the purchase of the product, a purchase desired product that the user desires to purchase according to the identity confirmation status for the user at the candidate store. A target store that is a target store to be purchased is determined. Then, the presentation unit 134 presents the target store determined by the determination unit 133 to the user. For example, the presenting unit 134 presents the target store determined by the determining unit 133 to the user as a delivery destination for delivering the purchase desired product. This point will be described with reference to the example of FIG.

  First, the determination unit 133 refers to the identity verification information storage unit 122 and determines whether or not there is a store in which the identity of the user U1 has been completed in the stores SH1 to SH3 and the store FC4. In the example of FIG. 1 (the same applies to FIG. 5), the determination unit 133 determines that the identity of the user U1 has been confirmed at the stores SH1, SH2, and FC4.

  At this point, since a plurality of candidate stores remain, for example, the determination unit 133 randomly selects one of the stores SH1, SH2, and FC4 whose identity has been verified, and selects the selected store as the target store. May be determined as In addition, since the identity of the user U1 has been confirmed at the stores SH1, SH2, and FC4, the user U1 has made a transaction (product sale) at least once in all of the stores SH1, SH2, and FC4. is there. Therefore, the determination unit 133 may determine the target store based on the number of transactions with the user U1. For example, the determination unit 133 determines the store having the largest number of transactions with the user U1 among the stores SH1, SH2, and FC4 as the target store.

[6-5. (Multiple purchase desired products)
Moreover, the determination part 133 may determine one object store which can purchase all the said purchase desired goods among candidate stores, when the purchase application of several purchase desired goods is received from the user. . For example, when a purchase application for a plurality of purchase desired products with different categories is received from a single user, the determination unit 133 is one target store that can purchase all of the desired purchase products among the candidate stores. May be determined.

  For example, the receiving unit 132 designates a product belonging to the category “book” (referred to as “product T1”) and a product belonging to the category “home appliance” (referred to as “product T2”) from the user U2 as purchase desired products. Suppose application information to be accepted. In addition, the application information includes the address “A2 City, Kanagawa Prefecture” of the user U2 and the number of boxes “10 boxes”. It should be noted that the purchase control device 100 may dynamically calculate the number of boxes, such as home appliances and furniture, for products that are difficult to specify on the user side.

  In such a state, for example, the determination unit 133 narrows down the stores according to the flow described so far, and determines whether or not there is a store that handles the products that the user U2 wishes to purchase as purchase targets. In the stage, it is determined whether or not there is a store where both the products T1 and T2 can be purchased. In the example of FIG. 1, the determination unit 133 finally determines a store SH2 that can purchase both the products T1 and T2 and has the same address as the user U2, as a target store. Then, the presentation unit 134 presents the store SH2 to the user U2 as a delivery destination.

  As described above, in the purchase control apparatus 100 according to the embodiment, when there is a purchase application for a plurality of purchase desired products from the user, the user can use one store that can purchase all of the plurality of purchase desired products as a delivery destination. Therefore, it is possible to save the user from having to deliver each purchase desired product to another store.

(Second Embodiment)
[1. Decision process)
An example of the determination process according to the second embodiment will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 11 is a diagram illustrating an example of a determination process according to the second embodiment. The determination process according to the second embodiment is performed by the purchase control apparatus 200 shown in FIG. In the first embodiment, the purchase form is “delivery to home delivery”, and the purchase control apparatus 100 has shown an example in which the target store that is the delivery destination of the purchase desired product is determined.

  The purchase form according to the second embodiment is “bring-in purchase” in which a user directly brings a desired product to the store and requests purchase on the spot. Therefore, the purchase control device 200 according to the second embodiment determines which store to bring in, and proposes the determined store to the user, thereby selecting a bring-in destination from the candidate stores. It is.

First, the configuration of the purchase system 2 according to the second embodiment will be described. In the example of FIG. 11, purchase system 2, the user terminal 10, the store terminal 30 _1, the shop terminal 30 _2, the store terminal 30 _3, the shop terminal 30 _4, a management device 60, purchase control device 200 Including. The user terminal 10, the store terminal 30 ₁ , the store terminal 30 ₂ , the store terminal 30 ₃ , the store terminal 30 ₄ , the management device 60, and the purchase control device 200 are connected to be communicable via wire or wirelessly via a network. Note that the purchase system 2 shown in FIG. 11 may include a plurality of management devices 60 and a plurality of purchase control devices 200.

  The management device 60 is a server device corresponding to the management device 50 according to the first embodiment. The purchase control device 200 is a device corresponding to the purchase control device 100 and has the same function as that of the purchase control device 100 and also has a part of new functions compared to the purchase control device 100. Therefore, in the following embodiment, description of the process which overlaps with the management apparatus 50 and the purchase control apparatus 100 is simplified or abbreviate | omitted.

  In the second embodiment, only a directly-managed store directly operated by the corporate company X is used to simplify the description. Specifically, as shown in FIG. 11, the purchase system 2 according to the second embodiment includes stores SH1 to SH4 which are directly managed stores. Note that the number of directly managed stores included in the purchase system 2 is an example, and more or less stores may be included.

  In addition, the stores SH1 to SH4 have introduced a “carry-in purchase service” that performs assessment on the spot for products brought directly into the store by users who wish to purchase. It goes without saying that the “home delivery purchase service” described in the form may also be performed.

Also, the store terminal 30 ₁ is a terminal device used by the store SH1, the store terminal 30 ₂ is a terminal device used by the store SH2, the shop terminal 30 ₃ is a terminal device used by the store SH3, store terminal 30 ₄ is a terminal device used by the store SH4. For example, an employee of the store SH1, using the shop terminal 30 ₁ is transmitted to the management device 60 to accept the situation shown in below.

  Here, the “carry-in purchase service” will be described using the store SH1 as an example. In the “bringing-in purchase service”, the store SH1 assesses the purchase desired product brought by the user on the spot, and completes the purchase if the user agrees to the assessed price. When the purchase is completed, the store SH1 immediately sells the product purchased from the user at the store. For this reason, in the case of the “bring-in purchase service”, the store SH1 does not need to store the brought-in purchase desired product in a predetermined space, unlike the “home delivery purchase service”. The same applies to other stores.

  Therefore, as shown in FIG. 11, the management device 60 determines whether or not the “home delivery purchase service” is introduced in the acceptance information storage unit 63 (a storage unit corresponding to the acceptance information storage unit 53). It does not have “delivery” which is an item to be displayed, and “current number (box) / upper limit (box)” and “empty status” which are items for managing storage space availability.

  In addition, in the “Bring-in purchase service”, the store side must always verify the identity of the user who brought the desired product for purchase, for example, at the time of acceptance. For this reason, in the “carry-in purchase service”, it is not necessary to consider the identity verification status as in the “home delivery purchase service”. For this reason, the management device 60 does not have a storage unit corresponding to the personal identification information storage unit 54 according to the first embodiment.

  Next, preprocessing for performing the determination processing according to the second embodiment will be described. In the example of FIG. 11, the management device 60 updates the information stored in the reception information storage unit 63 in its own device in real time by receiving the reception status from each store as needed from the stores SH1 to SH4. For example, each store uses the store terminal 30 to set, for the management apparatus 60, acceptance information including, for example, merchandise handling information (handling coverage) indicating whether or not the item is handled as a purchase target.

  Next, the purchase control apparatus 200 according to the second embodiment determines a target store that is a target store from which the purchase desired product is purchased by causing the user to bring the purchase desired product. Specifically, the purchase control apparatus 200 determines a store located nearer to the user's address as user information, as a target store, among stores handling the purchase desired product as a purchase target. Hereinafter, an example of the determination process performed by the purchase control apparatus 200 will be described with a clear process flow. In the following example, a user who requests purchase is described as a user U11.

  First, the user U11 makes a purchase application to the purchase control apparatus 200 (step S11). For example, the user U11 inputs information (application information) necessary for the purchase application into a predetermined purchase application form provided by the purchase control apparatus 200.

  For example, the user terminal 10 makes a purchase application by transmitting the application information input by the user U1 to the purchase control apparatus 200. In the example of FIG. 11, the application information includes, for example, various personal information (address, name, age, account information, etc.) of the user U11. Further, the purchase information includes the name of the product that the user U11 desires to purchase. FIG. 11 shows an example in which the user U11 designates “comic CO4” as the name of the desired product for purchase.

Next, although not shown, the purchase control device 200 transmits application information received as a purchase application from the user U11 to the management device 60. The management device 60 stores the application information received from the purchase control device 200 in a predetermined storage unit. Thereby, all of the stores SH1 to SH4 and the purchase management center managed by the corporate company X can recognize that the purchase application has been made from the user U11, and the application information of the user U11. Can be confirmed. For example, an employee of the store SH1, using the shop terminal 30 _1, by accessing the management apparatus 60, it is possible to check the application information of the user U11.

  Moreover, when the purchase control apparatus 200 receives purchase information from the user U11 (step S12), the purchase control apparatus 200 performs a determination process for determining a store to which the purchase desired product is brought (step S13). The determination process will be described in more detail. In the example of FIG. 11, stores SH <b> 1 to SH <b> 4 are store candidates (candidate stores) where the user U <b> 11 purchases desired products.

  First, the purchase control apparatus 200 refers to the acceptance information storage unit 63, and extracts stores that handle the products desired to be purchased by the user U11 from the stores SH1 to SH4. Since the user U11 wants to purchase “Comic CO4” which is a book, the purchase control device 200 adds “O” to the category “Book” as a handling product from the stores SH1 to SH4. The stores that are located. In the example of FIG. 11, the purchase control apparatus 200 determines that all of the stores SH1 to SH4 handle the products desired by the user U11 as purchase targets, and maintains the stores SH1 to SH4 as candidate stores.

  For example, when the user U11 wishes to purchase a certain home appliance, the purchase control apparatus 200 stores stores SH1, SH2, and SH5 in which “O” is added to the category “home appliance” as a handling product. Will be extracted.

  Next, the purchase control apparatus 200 extracts a store located at a position closer to the address of the user U11 from the stores SH1 to SH4 remaining as candidate stores at the present time. For example, if the address of the user U11 is “Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo”, the purchase control apparatus 200 extracts a store located in a predetermined area starting from “Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo”. The predetermined area may be in the same “ward” or may be an area within a radius “20 km” from the address of the user U11.

  For example, if the predetermined area is within the same “ward”, the purchase control apparatus 200 extracts stores SH1 and SH2 from the stores SH1 to SH4. And purchase control device 200 determines store SH1 and SH2 as a candidate store which brings in a purchase desired product.

  Finally, the purchase control apparatus 200 proposes the stores SH1 and SH2, which are candidate stores determined in the determination process of step S13, to the user U11 as a bring-in destination for bringing in purchase desired products (step S14). For example, the purchase control apparatus 200 delivers a web page displayed in a state where information on the stores SH1 and SH2 can be selected to the user terminal 10 of the user U11. In addition, the web page includes, for example, a description such as “Please select a desired destination store among the stores SH1 and SH2.”

  Hereinafter, although not shown, for example, it is assumed that the user U11 has designated the store SH1 among the stores SH1 and SH2 proposed by the purchase control device 200. In such a case, when receiving the designation information indicating that the store SH1 is designated from the user terminal 10, the purchase control device 200 transmits this selection information to the management device 60. Then, the management device 60 notifies the store SH1 that the user U11 is planning to visit the store in order to sell the desired product “Comic CO4”.

  As described so far, the purchase control apparatus 200 according to the second embodiment narrows down and narrows down candidate stores according to the product handling information indicating whether or not the desired product to be purchased is handled as a purchase target. Of these stores, the store located nearer to the user's address is determined as a candidate store for bringing in the desired product. Then, the purchase control device 200 proposes to the user to bring it into the determined candidate store.

  Thus, the purchase control apparatus 200 according to the second embodiment preferentially proposes a store that can purchase items desired by the user and that is closer to the user's address as a destination. Therefore, the convenience of purchase can be enhanced for the user.

[2. Configuration of management device
Next, a management device 60 according to the second embodiment will be described with reference to FIG. The management device 60 corresponds to the management device 50 and is a server device that centrally manages information related to a store where the purchase is performed. FIG. 12 is a diagram illustrating a configuration example of the management device 60 according to the second embodiment. In the example of FIG. 12, the management device 60 is a server device belonging to the corporate company X, and centrally manages information on stores SH1 to SH4 that are purchase stores that perform purchase. As illustrated in FIG. 12, the management device 60 includes a communication unit 51, a storage unit 62, and a control unit 56. Hereinafter, detailed description of the processing units that are denoted by the same reference numerals as those of the management device 50 will be omitted.

(About the storage unit 62)
The storage unit 62 is realized by, for example, a semiconductor memory device such as a RAM or a flash memory, or a storage device such as a hard disk or an optical disk. The storage unit 62 includes an acceptance information storage unit 63.

(Accepting information storage unit 63)
The acceptance information storage unit 63 is a storage unit that stores information (acceptance information) regarding the acceptance status of each store that performs purchase. Here, FIG. 13 shows an example of the acceptance information storage unit 63 according to the second embodiment. In the example of FIG. 13, the acceptance information storage unit 63 has items such as “store ID”, “handled merchandise”, and “location”.

  “Store ID” indicates identification information for identifying a store. “Handling merchandise” is one of acceptance statuses, and is information indicating whether or not a commodity desired to be purchased is handled as a purchase target. In the example of FIG. 13, “handling merchandise” is divided into categories such as “book”, “music / game”, “home appliance”, “brand product”, “furniture”, and “musical instrument”. That is, in the example of FIG. 13, the store SH1 currently has a product belonging to the category “book”, a product belonging to the category “music / game”, a product belonging to the category “home appliance”, and a product belonging to the category “brand product”. An example that can be purchased is shown. “Location” indicates the address where the store is located.

(About the control unit 56)
Each processing unit included in the control unit 56 will be briefly described. In 2nd Embodiment, the receiving part 57 receives the information which shows whether the goods desired for purchase are handled as purchase object from the shop terminal 30 as an acceptance condition. The update unit 58 updates the storage information in the reception information storage unit 63 based on the received information every time information indicating the reception status is received by the reception unit 57. The management unit 59 receives, from the purchase control apparatus 200, information related to the store designated as the carry-in destination among the candidate shops proposed by the purchase control apparatus 200 (“designated information” described in FIG. 11). In addition, the management unit 59 notifies the store designated as the carry-in destination that the user is planning to visit the store to sell the product.

[3. Configuration of purchase control device)
Next, a purchase control apparatus 200 according to the second embodiment will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 14 is a diagram illustrating a configuration example of the purchase control apparatus 200 according to the second embodiment. The purchase control apparatus 200 is a server apparatus that performs the determination process described with reference to FIG. As illustrated in FIG. 14, the purchase control device 200 includes a communication unit 110, a storage unit 220, and a control unit 230. Hereinafter, detailed description of the processing units denoted by the same reference numerals as those of the purchase control device 100 will be omitted.

(Regarding storage unit 220)
The storage unit 220 is realized by, for example, a semiconductor memory device such as a RAM or a flash memory, or a storage device such as a hard disk or an optical disk. The storage unit 220 includes an acceptance information storage unit 221.

(Accepting information storage unit 221)
The acceptance information storage unit 221 corresponds to the acceptance information storage unit 63. For example, the purchase control device 200 accesses the management device 60 and acquires the storage information in the acceptance information storage unit 63. Then, the purchase control apparatus 200 stores the acquired storage information in the acceptance information storage unit 221.

(About the control unit 230)
The control unit 230 is realized by executing various programs stored in a storage device inside the purchase control apparatus 200 using the RAM as a work area by a CPU, MPU, or the like. Further, the control unit 230 is realized by an integrated circuit such as an application specific integrated circuit (ASIC) or a field programmable gate array (FPGA).

  As illustrated in FIG. 14, the control unit 230 includes an acquisition unit 131, a reception unit 132, a determination unit 133, and a presentation unit 134, and realizes or executes information processing functions and operations described below. . Note that the internal configuration of the control unit 230 is not limited to the configuration illustrated in FIG. 14, and may be another configuration as long as the information processing described below is performed. Further, the connection relationship between the processing units included in the control unit 230 is not limited to the connection relationship illustrated in FIG. 14, and may be another connection relationship.

(About the acquisition unit 131)
The acquisition unit 131 accesses the management device 60 and acquires the storage information in the acceptance information storage unit 63 of the management device 60. For example, the acquisition unit 131 transmits an acquisition request to the management device 60 at a predetermined timing. When receiving the acquisition request, the management unit 59 of the management device 60 extracts the stored information from the acceptance information storage unit 63. Then, the management unit 59 transmits the acquired storage information to the acquisition unit 131. In addition, the acquisition unit 131 stores the storage information acquired from the management device 60 in the acceptance information storage unit 221.

(About the reception unit 132)
The reception unit 132 receives application information transmitted from the user terminal 10 as a purchase application. For example, the reception unit 132 distributes to the user terminal 10 a purchase application form for inputting application information necessary for making a purchase application in response to a request from the user terminal 10. The user terminal 10 transmits the application information input in the purchase application form to the purchase control apparatus 200 according to the user's operation. The accepting unit 132 accepts application information transmitted from the user terminal 10. In addition, the reception unit 132 transmits the received application information to the management device 60. For example, the management unit 59 of the management device 60 receives the application information and stores it in a predetermined storage unit.

  Here, the purchase application form used for the purchase application will be described. FIG. 15 is a diagram showing an example of a purchase application form. In 2nd Embodiment, the reception part 132 receives application information from the user terminal 10 via the purchase application form P2 shown in FIG. In the example of FIG. 15, the purchase application form P2 is divided into areas R21 to R23. Area | region R21 contains the search function which makes a user search for goods desired to purchase. In the example of FIG. 15, the region R <b> 21 includes a search function capable of searching for purchase desired products from at least one of “category”, “maker”, and “product name”. For example, the user presses a pull-down button included in the category column and designates a category to which his / her desired purchase item belongs. In addition, the user presses a pull-down button included in the manufacturer column, and designates the manufacturer of the product desired to be purchased. Further, the user presses a pull-down button included in the product name column, and designates a product name that characterizes the product desired to be purchased. Then, the user presses the search button.

  When the search button is pressed, the purchase control apparatus 200 searches for a product corresponding to the keyword specified from the pull-down button as described above, and displays a page on which product information is displayed as a search result on the user terminal 10. To deliver. In addition, the purchase control apparatus 200 may search the inside of this database using the designated keyword by having the database for goods search. Further, the product information displayed as the search result includes the name of the product and the upper limit of the purchase price of the product. Thus, the user can make an approximate market price of the product he / she wants to buy before making a purchase application, and can consider whether or not to apply for the purchase. Since the search result does not necessarily include the user's desired purchase product, the purchase application form P2 may include an input field for inputting the product name of the desired purchase product.

  The area R22 includes an input field for inputting a bank name, an input field for inputting an account number, and an input field for inputting an account name. The area R23 includes an input field for inputting a name, an input field for inputting a gender, an input field for inputting a date of birth, and an input field for inputting an address. Note that the purchase application form P2 shown in FIG. 15 is an example, and the mode of the purchase application form P2 and items requiring input are not limited to the example of FIG.

(About the determination unit 133)
The determination unit 133 is a target store that allows a user to purchase a purchase desired product that the user desires to purchase, from candidate stores that are candidates for a store that purchases the product, according to the reception status of the product at the candidate store. The target store which is is determined. In particular, in the second embodiment, the determination unit 133 determines a target store that is a target store to which the user wishes to bring in a purchase desired product. For example, the determination unit 133 determines, based on the product handling information indicating whether or not the purchase desired product is handled as the purchase target as the acceptance status, based on the user's address among the stores handling the purchase desired product as the purchase target. A store located in a close position is determined as a target store. This point will be described with reference to the example of FIG.

  First, it is assumed that the reception unit 132 receives a purchase application from the user U11. Specifically, it is assumed that the accepting unit 132 accepts the application information input on the purchase application form P2 shown in FIG. 15 from the user terminal 10 of the user U11. At this time, all of the stores SH1 to SH4 are candidate stores.

  In such a case, first, the determination unit 133 refers to the acceptance information storage unit 63 (may be the acceptance information storage unit 221), and deals with the products desired to be purchased by the user U11 in the stores SH1 to SH4 as purchase targets. It is determined whether or not a store exists. Since the user U11 wants to purchase “Comic CO4” which is a book, the determination unit 133 adds “O” to the category “Book” as a handling product from the stores SH1 to SH4. It is determined whether or not there is a store. In the example of FIG. 11, the determination unit 133 determines that all of the stores SH1 to SH4 are stores that the user U11 wants to purchase as a purchase target, and maintains the stores SH1 to SH4 as candidate stores.

  Next, the determination unit 133 extracts a store located at a position closer to the address of the user U11 from the stores SH1 to SH4 remaining as candidate stores at the present time. When the address of the user U11 is “Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo”, the determination unit 133 refers to the acceptance information storage unit 221, and the store SH1 to SH4 has a predetermined area starting from “Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo”. It is determined whether or not there is a store located within. The predetermined area may be in the same “ward” or may be an area within a radius “20 km” from the address of the user U11.

  For example, if the predetermined area is the same “ward” as the “ward” including the address of the user U11, the determination unit 133 includes the stores SH1 and SH1 in the “Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo” among the stores SH1 to SH4. It is determined that SH2 exists. Thereby, the determination part 133 determines store SH1 and SH2 as an object store which brings in goods desired to purchase.

  If there is no store in the predetermined area starting from the user's address that can purchase the user's desired purchase item, the determining unit 133, for example, to the adjacent “ward” By expanding the area, it may be determined whether there is a shop that can be purchased in the expanded area.

(About the presentation unit 134)
The presenting unit 134 presents the target store determined by the determining unit 133 to the user. For example, the presentation unit 134 suggests to the user the target store determined by the determination unit 133 as a destination to bring in the desired product for purchase. For example, the presentation unit 134 delivers a web page displayed in a state where information on the stores SH1 and SH2 that are target stores determined by the determination unit 133 can be selected, to the user terminal 10 of the user U11.

  Moreover, the presentation part 134 may deliver the web page on which the map information in which the positions of the stores SH1 and SH2 are mapped is displayed to the user terminal 10 of the user U11. In such a case, the user U11 designates a purchase destination of the commodity desired to be purchased from the displayed map.

  In addition, when the store is designated by the user from the proposed target stores, the presenting unit 134 determines the designated store as the carry-in store, and manages information on the decided carry-in store as a management device 60. For example, it is assumed that the user U11 has designated the store SH1 among the stores SH1 and SH2. In such a case, the presentation unit 134 receives designation information indicating that the store SH1 is designated from the user terminal 10, and transmits this selection information to the management device 60. In addition, the management device 60 notifies the store SH1 that the user U11 is planning to visit the store in order to sell the desired product “Comic CO4”.

[4. (Modification)
The purchase control apparatus 200 according to the second embodiment may be implemented in various different forms other than the above embodiment. Therefore, in the following, another embodiment of the purchase control apparatus 200 will be described.

[4-1. Multiple items to purchase (1)]
First, in this modification, when a purchase application for a plurality of purchase desired products is performed by the user, a store that can purchase all of the plurality of purchase desired products is preferentially proposed as a candidate store. It shall be. For example, if a user has made a purchase application for multiple items to purchase, if the categories to which the multiple items to purchase belong are different, the stores that handle all the products belonging to each category are candidates. Assume that it is set in advance so as to preferentially propose as a store. In addition, the category here is a category as a handling product shown in FIG.

  Here, there may be no store that can purchase all of the plurality of purchase desired products. In such a case, the determination unit 133 performs the following determination process. Specifically, when the store that handles each of the plurality of purchase-desired products as a purchase target is included in the plurality of purchase-desired products, the determination unit 133 includes each of the products to be purchased. Among the stores that are handled as, a combination of stores located closer to the user's address is determined as the target store.

  For example, it is assumed that the accepting unit 132 accepts a purchase application from the user U12 using a famous brand coat (referred to as “product T3”) and antique furniture (referred to as “product T4”) as a purchase desired product. The address of the user U12 is “Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo”. In such a case, first, the determination unit 133 refers to the reception information storage unit 63 (may be the reception information storage unit 221), and stores the products T3 and T4 that are the products desired to be purchased by the user U12 in the stores SH1 to SH5. It is determined whether or not there is a store that handles both as purchase targets. In the example of FIG. 13, there is no store where “◯” is attached to both the category “brand product” and the category “furniture” as the purchased merchandise. Therefore, the determination unit 133 determines that there is no store handling both the products T3 and T4 as purchase targets.

  In addition to determining as described above, the determining unit 133 stores stores SH1 and SH5 that handle the product T3 as purchase targets, and stores SH3 and SH4 that handle the product T4 as purchase targets. Is determined. Thus, in such an example, the stores that handle the products T3 and T4 as purchase targets are different.

  Therefore, next, the determination unit 133 determines a store closer to the address of the user U12 among the stores SH1 and SH5 that handle the product T3 as a purchase target. For example, the determination unit 133 determines whether or not there is a store located in a predetermined area starting from the address “Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo” of the user U12 among the stores SH1 and SH5.

  Assuming that the predetermined area is in the same “ward” as the “ward” including the address of the user U12, the determining unit 133 determines that the store SH1 exists in “Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo” among the stores SH1 and SH5. judge. Thereby, the determination part 133 determines store SH1 by making goods T3 into an object store.

  Similarly, the determination unit 133 includes stores SH3 and SH4 that handle the product T4 as a purchase target, and stores that are located in a predetermined area starting from the address “Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo” of the user U12. It is determined whether or not. In the example of FIG. 13, the determination unit 133 determines that neither the store SH3 nor SH4 exists in “Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo”. In such a case, the determination unit 133 determines the store SH3 that is closer to the address of the user U12 among the stores SH3 and SH4 as the target store. From the above, the determination unit 133 determines a combination such as the store SH1 and the store SH3 as the target store.

  In addition, in this modification, in order to simplify the description, the determination unit 133 selects a combination of stores located closer to the user's address among the stores that handle each item desired to be purchased. The example which determines as 1 set and object store was shown. However, the determination unit 133 may determine a plurality of combinations in order from the user's address.

  Thereby, the purchase control apparatus 200 concerning 2nd Embodiment, when the store which handles each purchase desired product as a purchase object differs, a user's address among the stores which can purchase each purchase desired product Therefore, it is possible to propose a store closer to the store as a bring-in destination, so that convenience in carrying-in purchase can be improved.

  In addition, when the store which treats each purchase desired product as a purchase target is different as in the above example, the determination unit 133 determines the user's purchase among the stores handling each purchase desired product as a purchase target. A combination of stores having a shorter total distance from the address may be determined as the target store.

  For example, the determination unit 133 includes a combination “CN1” of the store SH1 that can purchase the product T3 and the store SH3 that can purchase the product T4, and the store SH1 that can purchase the product T3 and the store SH4 that can purchase the product T4. The combination “CN2”, the combination “CN3” of the store SH5 that can purchase the product T3 and the store SH3 that can purchase the product T4, and the combination “the store SH4 that can purchase the product T3 and the store SH4 that can purchase the product T4” "CN4", among the above four combinations, a combination having a shorter total distance from the address of the user U12 is determined as the target store.

  Taking the combination “CN1” as an example, the determination unit 133 calculates the distance from the address of the user U12 to the store SH1 and the distance from the address of the user U12 to the store SH3, and the two distances. Calculate the sum. Further, the determination unit 133 performs the same processing for the combinations “CN2” to “CN4”.

  And the determination part 133 finally determines the combination corresponding to the shortest among the total of the calculated distance as an object store. For example, when the sum of the distances calculated for the combination “CN2” is the shortest, the determination unit 133 determines the combination of the store SH1 and the store SH4 as the target store.

[4-2. Multiple items to purchase (2)]
In addition, the determination unit 133 determines that there is no store that handles any one of a plurality of purchase desired products as purchase targets among stores located in a predetermined area including the user's address. Is a store that is within the specified area, and that is a store that handles the purchase desired product except the product that is not handled as a purchase target, and is located closer to the user's address Is determined as the target store. This point will be described with reference to the example of FIG.

  For example, the reception unit 132 uses a purchase application in which game software (referred to as “product T5”), household appliances (referred to as “product T6”), and guitar (referred to as “product T7”) are purchased. Suppose that it received from person U12.

  In such a case, first, the determination unit 133 refers to the reception information storage unit 63 (may be the reception information storage unit 221), and stores the products T5 to T7 that are items desired to be purchased by the user U12 in the stores SH1 to SH5. It is determined whether or not there is a store that handles all the purchase targets. In the example of FIG. 13, in the store SH5, “○” is added to all of the categories “music / game”, the category “home appliance”, and the category “instrument” as purchase merchandise. Therefore, the determination unit 133 determines that the store SH5 exists as a store that handles all of the products T5 to T7 as purchase targets.

  Moreover, while determining as described above, the determination unit 133 stores stores SH1 to SH5 that handle the product T5 as purchase targets, and stores SH1, SH2, and SH5 store stores that handle the product T6 as purchase targets. It is determined that the store handling the product T7 as a purchase target is the store SH5.

  Next, the determination unit 133 determines a store closer to the address of the user U12 among the stores SH1 to SH5 that handle the product T5 as a purchase target. For example, the determination unit 133 determines whether or not there is a store located in a 30 km radius area centered on the address “Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo” of the user U12 among the stores SH1 to SH5. For example, if stores SH1 to SH4 are included in this area, the determination unit 133 extracts stores SH1 to SH4 as target stores on which the product T5 is purchased.

  Further, the determination unit 133 extracts a store closer to the address of the user U12 as a target store among the stores SH1, SH2, and SH5 that handle the product T6 as a purchase target. For example, the determination unit 133 determines whether there is a store located in a 30 km radius area centered on the address of the user U12 among the stores SH1, SH2, and SH5. For example, assuming that stores SH1 and SH2 are included in this area, the determination unit 133 extracts stores SH1 and SH2 as target stores on which the product T6 is purchased.

  In addition, the determination unit 133 determines that the store SH5 that handles the product T7 as a purchase target is not located in an area with a radius of 30 km centered on the address of the user U12. That is, there are no stores that handle the product T7 as a purchase target among stores located within a predetermined area (radius 30 km area) including the address of the user 12.

  Therefore, the determination unit 133 is a store that handles each of the products T5 and T6, which are products desired to be purchased, excluding the product T7, among the stores SH1 to SH4 located within an area of a radius of 30 km. A combination of stores located closer to the address is determined as a target store.

  At this time, the determination unit 133 has extracted stores SH1 to SH4 as stores that handle the product T5 as a purchase target. In addition, the determination unit 133 extracts stores SH1 and SH2 as stores that handle the product T6 as a purchase target. Here, the store SH1 handles both the products T5 and T6 as purchase targets, and is the closest to the address of the user U12 among the stores SH1 to SH4. Next, it is assumed that the store SH2 is close to the address of the user U12. In such a case, the determination unit 133 finally determines the stores SH1 and SH2 as target stores. Moreover, the determination part 133 may determine store SH3 nearer to the address of the user U12 among stores SH3 and SH4 which can purchase only the product T5 among the products T5 to T7.

  Then, for example, the presentation unit 134 proposes the stores SH1 and SH2 in such a manner that the user U12 can recognize that both the products T5 and T6 can be purchased on a predetermined web page. For example, the presentation unit 134 suggests the store SH3 in such a manner that the user U12 can recognize that only the product T5 can be purchased.

  In addition, in the predetermined web page, the presentation unit 134 preferentially proposes the store SH5 that can purchase all of the products T5 to T7 as a destination, and then the products T5 and T6 excluding the product T7. Stores SH1 and SH2 may be proposed as being available for purchase at a relatively nearby store from the address of user U12.

  As an example, the presenting unit 134 displays “a store from which all desired purchase items can be purchased (distant): SH5” (suggestion information J1), “if the product T7 is excluded, the products T5 and T6 are A web page including three types of proposal information, such as “Stores that can be purchased at the store: SH1, SH2” (proposal information J2) and “Stores that can be purchased only for the product T5: Store SH3”, and any of the proposal information May be distributed.

  In addition, the presentation unit 134 may distribute a web page on which map information in which the locations of the stores SH1, SH2, SH3, and SH5 are labeled according to the proposal information is displayed. For example, the presentation unit 134 displays a label of a color “for example, red” corresponding to the proposal information J1 at the position of the store SH5 on the map. For example, the presentation unit 134 displays a label of a color “for example, yellow” corresponding to the proposal information J2 at the positions of the shops SH1 and SH2 on the map. For example, the presentation unit 134 displays a label of a color “for example, blue” corresponding to the proposal information J3 at the position of the store SH3 on the map.

  Thereby, since the purchase control apparatus 200 concerning 2nd Embodiment can propose the store nearer to a user's address as a carrying-in destination, it can improve the convenience in carrying-in purchase.

(effect)
The purchase control devices 100 and 200 include a determination unit 133 and a presentation unit 134. The determination unit 133 is a target store that allows a user to purchase a purchase desired product that the user desires to purchase, from candidate stores that are candidates for a store that purchases the product, according to the reception status of the product at the candidate store. The target store which is is determined. The presenting unit 134 presents the target store determined by the determining unit 133 to the user.

  As a result, the purchase control devices 100 and 200 can preferentially determine a store with a better acceptance status for the desired purchase product as a target store in accordance with the acceptance status on the store side. Purchasing can be realized at the convenience of the customer.

  In addition, the determination unit 133 purchases a purchase desired product that the user desires to purchase from candidate stores that are candidates for a store that purchases the product, according to the identity confirmation status for the user at the candidate store. The target store that is the target store to be used is determined. Then, the presentation unit 134 presents the target store determined by the determination unit 133 to the user.

  Thereby, the purchase control apparatuses 100 and 200 can implement the purchase according to the convenience of the store such as whether or not the identity verification has been completed.

  In addition, the determination unit 133 determines a target store from among the candidate stores according to the product acceptance status at the candidate stores and the identity verification status for the user at the candidate stores.

  In this way, the purchase control apparatus 100 determines the target store in consideration of the identity confirmation status in addition to the acceptance status, and therefore can determine with high accuracy whether the accept status on the store side is in place. . As a result, the purchase control devices 100 and 200 can realize the purchase according to the convenience of the store.

  The determination unit 133 preferentially determines a store that has been verified by the user among the candidate stores as a target store.

  Although it is possible to start an assessment only after the identity of the store has been verified, the purchase control device 100 can preferentially determine the store that has been identified as the target store, so that the identity confirmation is completed. It is possible to avoid a situation in which the product desired to be purchased must be kept longer than the period. As a result, the purchase control devices 100 and 200 can make effective use of the limited storage space in each store, and can make home delivery purchases more efficient.

  The determination unit 133 is a vacant situation based on information regarding the number of products that can be accepted by the candidate store for purchase and information on the number of products that the candidate store has received at the present time as the acceptance status of the product at the candidate store. The target store is determined using the vacancy status indicating the status where the product can be accepted at this time and information based on the number of products desired to be purchased.

  As a result, the purchase control devices 100 and 200 can control the purchase desired products to be distributed preferentially to stores with sufficient storage space. Can be realized.

  Of the candidate stores, the determination unit 133 determines the number of items desired to be purchased based on the maximum number of candidate stores that can accept products for purchase and the number of products that the candidate stores have received at this time. The store that accepts the receipt is determined as the target store.

  As a result, the purchase control devices 100 and 200 can control the purchase desired products to be distributed preferentially to stores with sufficient storage space. Can be realized.

  Further, the determination unit 133 responds to the service handling information indicating whether or not the candidate store has introduced a purchase service for purchasing the product sent to the store by delivery as a reception status of the product at the candidate store. The target store is determined from the candidate stores.

  Thereby, the purchase control apparatuses 100 and 200 can prevent the purchase desired product from being distributed to stores that do not perform home delivery purchase.

  The determination unit 133 determines the target store from among the candidate stores according to the product handling information indicating whether or not the product desired to be purchased is handled as a purchase target as the acceptance status of the product at the candidate store.

  Since the types of commodities that can be purchased differ from store to store, the purchase control devices 100 and 200 can determine stores that can purchase desired products for purchase, so that it is possible to realize purchases according to the convenience of the store. it can.

  The determination unit 133 determines a target store from among candidate stores based on user information regarding the user.

  Thereby, the purchase control apparatuses 100 and 200 can reduce the delivery fee borne by the store.

  Moreover, the determination part 133 determines the store located in the position nearer to a user's address as user information regarding a user among candidate stores as the said object store.

  Thereby, the purchase control apparatuses 100 and 200 can reduce the delivery fee borne by the store.

  Moreover, when the store which handles each of the plurality of purchase desired products as purchase targets is included in the plurality of purchase desired products, the determination unit 133 treats each of the products as purchase targets. Among each store, the combination of stores located closer to the user's address is determined as the target store.

  Thereby, since the purchase control apparatuses 100 and 200 can propose a store closer to the user's address among the stores that can purchase each desired product for purchase, for example, convenience in carrying-in purchase Can be increased.

  In the case where there is no store that handles any one of a plurality of purchase desired products among the stores located in a predetermined area including the user's address, A combination of stores located within a given area that are close to the user's address, where the purchase desired product is excluded from the product that is not handled as a purchase target. Is determined as the target store.

  Thereby, purchase control device 100 and 200 can raise the convenience in carrying-in purchase, for example.

  When a purchase application for a plurality of purchase desired products is received from the user, the determination unit 133 determines one target store that can purchase all of the purchase desired products from the candidate stores.

  In this way, the purchase control devices 100 and 200 present, to the user as a delivery destination, one store that can purchase all of the plurality of purchase desired products when the user has applied for purchase of the plurality of purchase desired products. Therefore, for example, it is possible to save the user from having to deliver each purchase desired product to another store.

  In addition, the presenting unit 134 presents the target store determined by the determining unit 133 to the user as a delivery destination for delivering the purchase desired product.

  Thereby, the purchase control apparatuses 100 and 200 can realize the purchase according to the convenience of the store in the home delivery purchase.

  In addition, the presentation unit 134 suggests to the user the target store determined by the determination unit 133 as a destination to bring in the desired product for purchase.

  As a result, the purchase control devices 100 and 200 can realize purchase in accordance with the convenience of the store in carry-in purchase.

  The determination unit 133 determines a target store when a purchase application for a commodity desired to be purchased is received from a user.

  Thereby, the purchase control apparatuses 100 and 200 can determine a target store according to a user's application information.

  The determination unit 133 determines the target store from a directly managed store operated by a predetermined corporation as a candidate store or a member store affiliated with the predetermined corporation.

  As a result, the purchase control devices 100 and 200, regardless of the type belonging to the predetermined corporation, can be used as long as they belong to the predetermined corporation, the reception status of each store, user application information, assessment criteria, assessment method, etc. Can be shared among stores, so that the purchase efficiency can be improved.

(Other)
[1. About presentation)
In 1st Embodiment, the presentation part 134 showed the example which shows a user the target store which is a target store which performs purchase of the goods desired to purchase as a delivery destination to a user. Moreover, in 2nd Embodiment, while the presentation part 134 proposes to a user a target store which is a target store which purchases the goods desired for purchase as a carrying-in destination, among the proposed stores, this user An example is shown in which the store designated in is finally determined as the destination.

  Here, the proposal by the presentation unit 134 described in the second embodiment may be performed in the first embodiment. For example, the presenting unit 134 proposes to the user a target store that is a target store where the purchase desired product is purchased as a delivery destination, and finally selects a store designated by the user among the proposed stores. It may be determined as a delivery destination.

  Further, like the purchase control apparatus 100, the purchase control apparatus 100 may determine the target store in consideration of the identity confirmation situation.

[2. program〕
Further, the purchase control apparatuses 100 and 200 according to the above-described embodiments are realized by a computer 1000 having a configuration as shown in FIG. 16, for example. Hereinafter, the purchase control apparatus 100 will be described as an example. FIG. 16 is a hardware configuration diagram illustrating an example of a computer 1000 that implements the functions of the purchase control apparatus 100. The computer 1000 includes a CPU 1100, RAM 1200, ROM 1300, HDD 1400, communication interface (I / F) 1500, input / output interface (I / F) 1600, and media interface (I / F) 1700.

  The CPU 1100 operates based on a program stored in the ROM 1300 or the HDD 1400 and controls each unit. The ROM 1300 stores a boot program executed by the CPU 1100 when the computer 1000 is started up, a program depending on the hardware of the computer 1000, and the like.

  The HDD 1400 stores programs executed by the CPU 1100, data used by the programs, and the like. The communication interface 1500 receives data from other devices via the communication network 50 and sends the data to the CPU 1100, and transmits the data generated by the CPU 1100 to other devices via the communication network 50.

  The CPU 1100 controls an output device such as a display and a printer and an input device such as a keyboard and a mouse via the input / output interface 1600. The CPU 1100 acquires data from the input device via the input / output interface 1600. Further, the CPU 1100 outputs the generated data to the output device via the input / output interface 1600.

  The media interface 1700 reads a program or data stored in the recording medium 1800 and provides it to the CPU 1100 via the RAM 1200. The CPU 1100 loads such a program from the recording medium 1800 onto the RAM 1200 via the media interface 1700, and executes the loaded program. The recording medium 1800 is, for example, an optical recording medium such as a DVD (Digital Versatile Disc) or PD (Phase change rewritable disk), a magneto-optical recording medium such as an MO (Magneto-Optical disk), a tape medium, a magnetic recording medium, or a semiconductor memory. Etc.

  For example, when the computer 1000 functions as the purchase control apparatus 100 according to the first embodiment, the CPU 1100 of the computer 1000 implements the function of the control unit 130 by executing a program loaded on the RAM 1200. The HDD 1400 stores data in the storage unit 120. The CPU 1100 of the computer 1000 reads these programs from the recording medium 1800 and executes them, but as another example, these programs may be acquired from other devices via the communication network 50.

  Further, for example, when the computer 1000 functions as the purchase control apparatus 200 according to the second embodiment, the CPU 1100 of the computer 1000 implements the function of the control unit 230 by executing a program loaded on the RAM 1200. .

[3. Others]
Of the processes described in the above embodiment, all or part of the processes described as being automatically performed can be performed manually, or all of the processes described as being performed manually or A part can be automatically performed by a known method. In addition, the processing procedures, specific names, and information including various data and parameters shown in the document and drawings can be arbitrarily changed unless otherwise specified. For example, the various types of information illustrated in each drawing is not limited to the illustrated information.

  Further, each component of each illustrated apparatus is functionally conceptual, and does not necessarily need to be physically configured as illustrated. In other words, the specific form of distribution / integration of each device is not limited to that shown in the figure, and all or a part thereof may be functionally or physically distributed or arbitrarily distributed in arbitrary units according to various loads or usage conditions. Can be integrated and configured.

  Moreover, each embodiment mentioned above can be combined suitably in the range which does not contradict a process content.

  As described above, some of the embodiments of the present application have been described in detail based on the drawings. It is possible to implement the present invention in other forms with improvements.

  In addition, the “section (module, unit)” described above can be read as “means” or “circuit”. For example, the determination unit can be read as determination means or a determination circuit.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Purchase system 2 Purchase system 10 User terminal 30 Store terminal 50 Management apparatus 53 Acceptance information storage part 54 Identity confirmation information storage part 57 Reception part 58 Update part 59 Management part 60 Management apparatus 63 Acceptance information storage part 100 Purchase control apparatus 131 Acquisition Unit 132 Reception unit 133 Determination unit 134 Presentation unit 200 Purchase control device

Claims (21)

A target store that is a target store from which a user wishes to purchase a desired purchase product according to the acceptance status of the product at the candidate store among candidate stores that are candidates for the purchase of the product. A determination unit for determining
The target store that has been determined by the determining unit possess a presentation unit to be presented to the user,
The deciding unit determines whether the candidate store accepts the product at the candidate store based on information on the number of products that the candidate store can accept for purchase and information on the number of products that the candidate store has received at the present time. Then, the target store is determined by using a vacant state indicating a state in which the product can be accepted at the present time and information based on the number of products desired to be purchased.
Purchase control device comprising a call. A target store that is a target store from which a user wishes to purchase a desired purchase product according to the acceptance status of the product at the candidate store among candidate stores that are candidates for the purchase of the product. A determination unit for determining
A presenting unit for presenting the target store determined by the determining unit to the user;
Have
In the case where a store that handles each of the plurality of purchase desired products as a purchase target is included in a plurality of purchase desired products, each of the determination units treats each of the products as a purchase target. Of the stores, a combination of stores located nearer to the user's address is determined as the target store as user information related to the user.
A purchase control device characterized by that. A target store that is a target store from which a user wishes to purchase a desired purchase product according to the acceptance status of the product at the candidate store among candidate stores that are candidates for the purchase of the product. A determination unit for determining
A presenting unit for presenting the target store determined by the determining unit to the user;
Have
The determination unit treats one of a plurality of desired purchase items as a purchase target in a store located in a predetermined area including the user's address as user information about the user. In the case where there is no store that is present, the store where the user wishes to purchase the product other than the product that is not handled as the purchase target among the stores located in the predetermined area, and the user's A combination of stores located closer to the address is determined as the target store.
A purchase control device characterized by that. The said determination part determines the said target store from the said candidate stores according to the acceptance condition of the goods in the said candidate store, and the identity confirmation condition with respect to the user in the said candidate store. The purchase control device according to any one of? The purchase according to any one of claims 1 to 4, wherein the determination unit preferentially determines a store in which the user's identity has been confirmed among the candidate stores as the target store. Control device. The determination unit is configured such that, among the candidate stores, the vacancy status based on the upper limit number of the candidate stores that can accept products for purchase as the vacancy status and the number of products that the candidate stores have received at the present time The purchase control apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein a store that accepts the number of desired purchase items is determined as the target store. The determination unit responds to service handling information indicating whether or not the candidate store has introduced a purchase service for purchasing the product sent to the store by delivery as a reception status of the product at the candidate store. Then, the target store is determined from among the candidate stores. The purchase control device according to claim 1, wherein the target store is determined. The determination unit determines the target store from among the candidate stores according to product handling information indicating whether or not the product desired to be purchased is handled as a purchase target as a product acceptance status in the candidate store. The purchase control device according to any one of claims 1 to 7, wherein The purchase control apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 8, wherein the determination unit determines the target store from the candidate stores based on user information regarding the user. The purchaser according to claim 9, wherein the determination unit determines, as the target store, a store located nearer to the user's address as user information regarding the user among the candidate stores. Control device. The determination unit determines one target store that can purchase all of the plurality of purchase desired products among the candidate stores when a purchase application for a plurality of purchase desired products is received from the user. The purchase control device according to any one of claims 1 to 10 , wherein: The purchase according to any one of claims 1 to 11 , wherein the presenting unit presents the target store determined by the determining unit to the user as a delivery destination for delivering the purchase desired product. Control device. The presentation unit, according to any one of claims 1 to 12, characterized in that the proposed to the user the target store determined by the determination unit as a carry-away to bring the purchase desired product Purchase control device. The purchase control device according to any one of claims 1 to 13 , wherein the determination unit determines the target store when a purchase application of the purchase desired product is received from the user. . The determination unit is operated restaurants are operated by predetermined corporation as the candidate store or, according to claim 1-14, characterized by determining the target store from merchants affiliated to the predetermined corporation The purchase control device according to any one of the above. A purchase control method executed by the purchase control device,
A target store that is a target store from which a user wishes to purchase a desired purchase product according to the acceptance status of the product at the candidate store among candidate stores that are candidates for the purchase of the product. A determination step for determining
Look including a presentation step of presenting the target store that has been determined by the determining step to the user,
The determination step is based on information regarding the number of products that can be accepted by the candidate store for purchase and information on the number of products that the candidate store has received at the present time, as the acceptance status of the product at the candidate store. Then, the target store is determined by using a vacant state indicating a state in which the product can be accepted at the present time and information based on the number of products desired to be purchased.
Purchase control wherein a call. A purchase control method executed by the purchase control device,
A target store that is a target store from which a user wishes to purchase a desired purchase product according to the acceptance status of the product at the candidate store among candidate stores that are candidates for the purchase of the product. A determination step for determining
A presentation step of presenting the target store determined by the determination step to the user;
Including
In the determination step, when a plurality of purchase desired products include products that are different from stores that handle each of the plurality of purchase desired products, each of the products that are handled as purchase targets. Of the stores, a combination of stores located nearer to the user's address is determined as the target store as user information related to the user.
A purchase control method characterized by that. A purchase control method executed by the purchase control device,
A target store that is a target store from which a user wishes to purchase a desired purchase product according to the acceptance status of the product at the candidate store among candidate stores that are candidates for the purchase of the product. A determination step for determining
A presentation step of presenting the target store determined by the determination step to the user;
Including
In the determination step, any one of a plurality of products desired for purchase is handled as a purchase target in a store located in a predetermined area including the user's address as user information regarding the user. In the case where there is no store that is present, the store where the user wishes to purchase the product other than the product that is not handled as the purchase target among the stores located in the predetermined area, and the user's A combination of stores located closer to the address is determined as the target store.
A purchase control method characterized by that. A target store that is a target store from which a user wishes to purchase a desired purchase product according to the acceptance status of the product at the candidate store among candidate stores that are candidates for the purchase of the product. A decision procedure to determine,
Causing the computer to execute a presentation procedure for presenting the target store determined by the determination procedure to the user ;
In the determination procedure, when a plurality of purchase desired products include products with different stores that handle each of the plurality of purchase desired products, each of the products handled as the purchase target Of the stores, a combination of stores located nearer to the user's address is determined as the target store as user information related to the user.
Purchase control program, wherein a call. A target store that is a target store from which a user wishes to purchase a desired purchase product according to the acceptance status of the product at the candidate store among candidate stores that are candidates for the purchase of the product. A decision procedure to determine,
A presentation procedure for presenting the target store determined by the determination procedure to the user;
To the computer,
In the determination procedure, when a plurality of purchase desired products include products with different stores that handle each of the plurality of purchase desired products, each of the products handled as the purchase target Of the stores, a combination of stores located nearer to the user's address is determined as the target store as user information related to the user.
A purchase control program characterized by that. A target store that is a target store from which a user wishes to purchase a desired purchase product according to the acceptance status of the product at the candidate store among candidate stores that are candidates for the purchase of the product. A decision procedure to determine,
A presentation procedure for presenting the target store determined by the determination procedure to the user;
To the computer,
The determination procedure treats any one of a plurality of desired purchase items as a purchase target in a store located in a predetermined area including the user's address as user information relating to the user. In the case where there is no store that is present, the store where the user wishes to purchase the product other than the product that is not handled as the purchase target among the stores located in the predetermined area, and the user's A combination of stores located closer to the address is determined as the target store.
A purchase control program characterized by that.

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